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ERIC Number: EJ288627
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Effect of Instruction Using Students' Prior Knowledge and Conceptual Change Strategies on Science Learning.
Hewson, Mariana G.; Hewson, Peter W.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v20 n8 p731-43 Nov 1983
Investigated 90 Form Two students' (grade nine equivalent in USA) alternative conceptions and instructional strategies to affect change from alternative to scientific conceptions. Results indicate significantly larger improvement in acquisition of science concepts (mass, volume, density) by experimental groups resulting from strategies/materials dealing with student alternative conceptions. (JN)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Density (Matter), Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science, Weight (Mass)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research; South Africa